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Luo orutu Luo orutu, or simply "orutu", [1] is the one-stringed fiddle [1] of East Africa. [2]It is typically accompanied by Nyatiti lyre, Bul drums, the Nyangile sound box, Ongeng'o metal rings, Asili flute, and the Oporo horn.
Goge in the Royal Museum for Central Africa. The various names by which the goje is known by include goge or goje ( Hausa , Zarma ), gonjey ( Dagomba , Gurunsi ), gonje , ( Mamprusi , Dagomba ), njarka ( Songhay ), n'ko ( Bambara , Mandinka and other Mande languages ), riti ( Fula , Serer ), and nyanyeru or nyanyero .
The missionaries, with the cooperation of the imperial administration, were probably most directly responsible for the modification, suppression, or even disappearance of many aspects of traditional culture and music in most of the African societies (Hanna, 1965). everything African or indigenous was purported as bad and contrary to God's will.
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Africa (regional): Hhajhuj (Sentir) (North Africa) Kibangala (Gabusi) (East Africa) Kora (West Africa) Kwitra (Kouitra) Loutar (Central North Africa) Nngoni (West and Central Africa) Oud arbi (Northern Africa) Ramkie (Southern Africa) Albania: Qiftelia; Šargija; Sharki (Sharkia) Algeria: Kwitra; Mondol (Mandole) Argentina: Guitarrón Argentino ...
A fiddle is a bowed string musical instrument, most often a violin. [1] It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including classical music . Although in many cases violins and fiddles are essentially synonymous, the style of the music played may determine specific construction differences between fiddles and ...
krar (Horn of Africa) The masenqo ( Amharic : ማሲንቆ ; Tigrinya : ጭራ-ዋጣ (ዋጣ), also known as masinko , is a single-stringed bowed lute commonly found in the musical traditions of Eritrea and Ethiopia . [ 1 ]
Old-time string bands were mainly composed of stringed instruments.Those instruments being the fiddle, 5-string banjo, acoustic guitar, and an upright bass/cello.. Depending on the type of genre the old-time music is being accompanied by, the stringed instruments may also be joined by other instruments including spoons, washboards, jugs, harmonica, harps a